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Objects Session Notes
- Early evening session (7.3 hrs), - Session operated under semi-automated control, with remote monitoring from indoors computer. - Ambient Temperature: -1.5 deg C (minimum) - CCD operation -25 degC (at 58% average cooling). - main objectives of the session was to acquire images of selected project stars for ongoing photometric analysis.
PGC 11943 & SN 2011ag (Aries) Image below
(2011-02-26.84) was taken 1.7 days after discovery. |
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Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 2 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 20:04 hUT (#458044-45) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 3626 / Caldwell 40 (Leo) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 4 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 21:13 h UT (#458099-102) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 3626 - Earlier Image (2006-12-02) |
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CCD Image 3 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter, Linear scale 2006-12-02 05:33h UT (#156037-39) |
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NGC 3016 (Leo)
(bottom right) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 21:45 h UT (#458118-22) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 3016 - 2011-02-25 |
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CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-25 20:59 h UT (#457154-58) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2903 (Leo) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 6 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 21:13 h UT (#458185-193) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2903 - detail |
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CCD Image (cropped) 2 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:16 h UT (#458189-90) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2903 - Earlier Image (2004-02-19) |
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CCD Image, 12x10s (av) 2004-02-19 21:45 to 22:27h UT (#58171-202) |
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Colour CCD Image Red 6x20s (av. smoothed), Green 6x20s (av, smoothed, Blue 6x30s (av, smoothed), Luminance 12x10s (av) 2004-02-19 21:45 to 22:27 h UT (#58171-202) |
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NGC 3227 (Leo) |
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CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:30 h UT (#458196-200) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 3227 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 3227 - earlier image 2006-04-27 |
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CCD Image 5 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-04-27 22:59 h UT (#118102-06) |
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NGC 3607 and neighboring galaxies (Leo) |
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Annotated CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:43 h UT (#458203-07) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 3607 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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M65 (Leo) |
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CCD Image (rotated - North Left, cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-26 23:55 h UT (#458210-13) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
M65 - Wider View (North Up) |
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CCD Image (50% size) Image details as above |
M65 - Earlier Image (2004-02-20) |
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CCD Image, 4 x 2 minute exposure (average) 2004-02-20, 00:13 to 00:23 h UT (#58260-63) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e |
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Palomar 4 (Ursa Major) Situated at almost 1/8 distance to the Andromeda Galaxy, it is second most distant globular in Milky Way |
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CCD Image (50% size) 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 00:27h UT (#458238-42) |
Pal 4 - detail |
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Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) (image details as above) |
Pal 4 - detail, 2006-12-02 |
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Annotated CCD Image (200% size) 3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 05:43h UT (#156043-45) |
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UGC 4552 with SN 2011ac (Aries) Image below
(2011-02-27.04) was taken 25 days after discovery. |
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Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 01:02 hUT (#458274-78) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 3437 (Leo) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 01:33 h UT (#458297-301) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-02-10) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-10 23:16 h UT (#454315-17) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-02-05) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-05 01:18 h UT (#453215-19) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 3437 - earlier image (2011-01-29) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-01-29 00:31 h UT (#450386-88) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2859 / Herschel I-137
(Leo Minor) Bright star on right-hand side of image is the +7.2 mag star HIP 46083 |
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CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 120sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-02-27 02:13 h UT (#458337-39) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 2859 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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This Web Page: | CCD Images - Session 458 (2011-02-26) |
Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
Site Owner : | David Richards |
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